Hope isn’t a strategy, but it is an awfully good tactic. – Seth Godin
The above is from a short, but sweet, blog post.
So many people think that because most of the things that are achieved are small, that small goals are the only ones that are realistic – the only ones worth pursuing.
Wrong.
That’s just the way it appears.
The determining factor is the quality of (overall) strategy, execution and adjustment over time.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. – Zig Ziglar Normally, people think of these things in terms of outward expressions of the above, but what if they were viewed through an inward looking lens? What if instead of thinking what you need to, or should, do…
Sometimes I come across something so useful/compelling/interesting that I need to share it in its entirety. Below is one of those things (and it doesn’t matter if you’re a sales-person or entrepreneur or work in a corporate setting or the non-profit sector, or . . . ): In most of our professional relationships we stay…
“I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.” – Martha Beck A crisis is an opportunity. It is a wake-up call. It is a clear signal that what one has been doing will no longer work. It is a chance to begin anew, with…
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels . . . when you give up. When you stop learning and trying. When you decide that (the illusion of) safety and stagnation is better than intelligent risks and action. Losing is not defeat. “Failure” is not defeat. Not-getting-what-you-want is not defeat….
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. – Mark Caine That step comes when you believe, sufficiently, in your ability to be okay in some other reality than your current one. That step comes when you trust that your Identity…
“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar This quote resonates for so deeply I am compelled to write another post about it. At times I’ve been frustrated in building my business, in developing relationships and sometimes with life…